The customer comes last

The Rochester, NY-based grocery chain wasn’t terribly specific in explaining its decision, other than to write that the cumbersome and balky machines “proved not to be … a valuable addition to (customers’) shopping experience.”

That would be the corporate understatement of the year.

Evidently, Wegmans’ customers didn’t appreciate having to blow into a breathalyzer and then stare into a video camera for the benefit of a unionized (emphasis there) Liquor Control Board employee in Harrisburg in order to buy a bottle of Turning Leaf.

This, of course, was predicated on the machines actually being operable, which frequently they weren’t.

I’m reading a book on the Russian revolution and the caption,
“Approach the Kiosk, Citizen.” struck a nerve.

People really dion’t know how much power they have until they flex their
muscle and make themselves heard.
Why are we allowing a bunch of morons in Harrisburg to TELL us where we can purchase a bottle of “spirits” ?
The Kiosks are a feeble effort to drown out our voices of opposition to a ridiculous, out-dated system that should be relegated to the scrap heap. The Tzars learned their lesson the hard way.
Surrounding states offer a much better variety AND better prices !.
Yeah, the Gestapo will be waiting at state lines, but I’m now playing the “catch me if you can” game !~

Grocery stores will be next!—You’ll eat what “THEY” say is good for you and purchase it at a State Store.(Unionized, of course. )
Obesity is killing a hell of lot more people than booze…..
Citizens of Pa., Unite !!!

Bill (AshburnStadium)

Paul Chrastina :
I’m reading a book on the Russian revolution and the caption,
“Approach the Kiosk, Citizen.” struck a nerve.
People really dion’t know how much power they have until they flex their
muscle and make themselves heard.
Why are we allowing a bunch of morons in Harrisburg to TELL us where we can purchase a bottle of “spirits” ?
The Kiosks are a feeble effort to drown out our voices of opposition to a ridiculous, out-dated system that should be relegated to the scrap heap. The Tzars learned their lesson the hard way.
Surrounding states offer a much better variety AND better prices !.
Yeah, the Gestapo will be waiting at state lines, but I’m now playing the “catch me if you can” game !~
Grocery stores will be next!—You’ll eat what “THEY” say is good for you and purchase it at a State Store.(Unionized, of course. )
Obesity is killing a hell of lot more people than booze…..
Citizens of Pa., Unite !!!

Paul – That’s odd – when I was in my late teens/early 20′s back in the early 1980s, my friends and I called PA-bought liquor “gestapo” (with a small “g”), because you had to go to the “SS” (state store) to get it – and because of PA’s arcane liquor laws! We still refer to “drinking gestapo”.

Paul Chrastina

Bill, I was actually referring to the Pa. State police who guard our borders and protect the Liquor Control Board. They’re damm sure not protecting the citizens, are they ?
However, I’ve had some good friends over the years who happened to be “Staties” and I learned they thought it was a bunch of s##t. They did their job even though they disagreed with tht action.
The SS and gestapo are new to me. Very fitting though.
While surrounding states have thousands of “supermarket booze” accidents every day, we’re lucky that “Big Brother” is watching over us and “allowing” us to purchase only what they deem to be acceptable.
Their booze doesn’t cause accidents ?
Another one of my Mother’s sayings–” who died and left you boss” (?) comes to mind.
Why the hell do we allow a bunch of two-bit politicians to dictate such rubbish to us ?